Research List 3

The signature in the log book could show the initials ‘H F’, but is not clear. F/Lt Bishop OC 1521 B.A.T.Flt – 43464 F/Lt Herbert Frank Bishop AFC (F/Lt seniority 1-4-42) later S/Ldr AFC OBE.

RAF Shawbury/ RAF Condover 11(P)AFU 6-10-42 to 28-10-42

1521 B.A.T.Flt RAF Stradishall 15-11-42 to 20-11-42

Supplement to the Gazette of 27 th  October 1942 includes a further list for commissions to P/O for 5 th  August 1942 – are these more graduates of Arnold class 42G?

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1344174 Alexander Swanston Aitchison (127205)  

658034  Richard Nelson Bradbear (127234)

1337985 Derek Howard Clayton-Wright (127212)

1315248 James Melvin Hinton (127210)

955024  James Summers (127208)

1391188 Henry Bell Thomson (127229)

1335753 Harry Ambrose Tilley (127203)

656502  Ian Alexander Turnbull (127222)

1393140 Frank Alexander Watt (127201)

1334952 George Albert James Frazer-Hollins (127338)

1438505 Charles Ellison Hill (127356)

658174  Eric Thomas Hodgkinson (127357)

1387521 William John Treharne (127348)

657833  James Whitaker Elston Grundy (127213)

1336272 Reginald Walter Keep (127221)

1337048 Benjamin Edward McLaughlin (127223)

1389563 Desmond Wallace Macey (127225)

1393902 James MacLean Wilson (127202)

1348495 George Simpson Henderson (127350)

1149676 Stanley Hetherington (127354)

658378  Frank Horace Jeffery (127344)

1431009 Cecil William Kenworthy (127341)

1452324 Alfred Massheder (127343)

1388083 Harold Denis Oates (127353)

953670  Norman Frank Lay (127191)

1394137 Ronald William Macintosh Mackenzie (127189)

657382  Harry Douglas Ham (127243)

1575962 Richard Arthur Vaughan Hazlehurst (127247)

1336627 George Leeson Jones (127237)

1388626 Robert Jones (127236)

1236671 Paul Albert Levy (127244)

1480482 William McKinley (127245)

947345  Albert Edward Manning (127251)

1387607 Keith Inger Dexter (127249)

1315514 Francis Hugh O’Neill (127238)

1387572 Philip Ivan Rhodes (127252)

1317365 George Arthur Stone (127250)

1335792 Kenneth Joseph Daniel Rawlins (127194)

1394366 Cecil George Thomas (127240)

1316087 Eric Reginald King Philpott (127195)

658347 William Francisco Torrome (127204)

1322698 David Hugh Sumsion (127337)

Personnel with service numbers close to 1388628 James Kenneth Ives:

1388620 Harold William Coles (F/O)  P/O 136412 w.e.f. 4-12-42

1388622 Geoffrey Douglas Ingleton P/O 121306 w.e.f. 30-1-42

1388626 Robert Jones P/O 127236 1388629 Michael Nicholson Milner 173331 P/O w.e.f. 19-3-44

1388630 Roger William Fray P/O 127114 w.e.f. 8-8-42

1388631 AC2 Ralph Martin-Trigona

106767 P/O w.e.f. 2-8-41

1388632 Leopold (Leo) Ehrman DFC P/O w.e.f. 11-7-42

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Subsequent listings for promotions from P/O to F/O gazetted on 1 st  May 1943(effective 5 th   February 1943)

and from F/O to F/Lt on 25 th  August 1944 (effective 5 th  August 1944) suggest more possible officer graduates from course 42G, however,

it is possible that some personnel were commissioned on the same day but were not ‘Arnold men’:-

John Perry Alcock (127192)

1383764 Roy Laurence Barnes  (127345)

E Bennett (127220)

Reginald Thomas Edwards (127248)

J A Flood (127216)

O S Frame (127217)

W C King (127211)

A O Richards (127239)

M G Shafee (127207)

R G W Strange (127339)

F Westhead (127349)

G J Whitfield (127228)

D M A Banton (127256)

Home embarkation 19-8-42 Troop transport ‘Awatea’/  Troop transport Queen Mary disembark UK 11-9-42 RAF Shawbury  11(P)AFU 6-10-42 to 28-10-42

Sgt Wolstenholme  – RAF Instructor.

Possibly Sgt (later 157073 P/O) Tom Furneval Wolstenholme.

or possibly Sgt (later 158795 P/O) Tom Wolstenholme.

Sgt Addisson –

P/O Marriot –

F/Lt Berry –

28th October RAF Condover  11(P)AFU 28-10-42 to 4-12-42

Sgt Robertson –

P/O Brown –

Sgt Leighton –  Probably 1232161

Sgt George Kenneth Leighton RAFVR.

Or possibly 1023457 Sgt (later F/O) Robert Braidwood Leighton DFC.

F/Lt R R Jeffery ‘G’ Flight – 46086 Richard Robert Jeffery.

P/O Wesson – Possibly 105841 P/O Clifford Alfred Wesson

P/O Harris –

P/O McLennan OC ‘H’ Flight – Possibly 119576 P/O Norman George McLennan.

P/O McClellan –  The London Gazette listing P/O Maclennan’s commission from the rank of Sergeant also indicates

the promotion of  119575 P/O E H Maclellan on the same day (consecutive service numbers).

Sgt Hannigan –Possibly F/Lt Douglas Gerald Hannigan DFC RNZAF.

No.1521 B.A.T.Flt Stradishall 15-11-42 to 20-11-42

Sgt R J Saunders  NCO i/c Link Trainer –

F/Lt Stevens –

P/O Chadwick –

Sgt Bryant –

F/Lt Bishop OC 1521 B.A.T.Flt –

43464 F/Lt Herbert Frank Bishop AFC (F/Lt seniority 1-4-42) later S/Ldr AFC OBE.

The signature in the log book could show the initials ‘H F’, but is not clear.

P/O George –

Sgt Williamson – Possibly Ivan John Williamson DFC RNZAF.

Sgt F Law- Sgt Frank Law, later P/O was from Glasgow and appears several times by name in Jim’s flying log-book.

Their pilot training programmes brought Ives and Law together at various establishments. Dedicated page to Frank Law

P/O L T Oswin (for Officer i/c link trainer)- 132119 P/O Lewis Thomas Oswin commissioned 29 th  October 1942, later F/O w.e.f. 29 th  June 1943.

S/L A L Farrington – S/L Allan Leonard Farrington, from Balgowlah, Sydney, Australia